West Bank retaliatory operation: Hamas says Palestinians will keep fighting against Israel
The Hamas resistance group has praised a retaliatory shooting operation in the occupied West Bank, saying Palestinians will continue to fight against Israeli crimes and plots to steal more land.
Hamas made the announcement on Wednesday, after a passing vehicle came under gunfire near the central West Bank town of Bruqin in the Salfit Governorate.
Two Israeli settlers were wounded in the attack, one of whom later died in hospital.
Hamas said the attack “represents the true pulse of the West Bank and reflects the spirit of resistance inherent in our people,” adding that Palestinians “refuse to accept injustice and aggression and continue to respond to the crimes, aggression, and malicious plans of the occupation aimed at controlling our land and displacing our people for the sake of further occupation expansion.”
It also called on Palestinians in the West Bank to carry out more operations against Israeli settler gangs and “unite behind the option of resistance and steadfastness” in the face of Israeli arrogance.
Meanwhile, Abu Obeida, spokesman for al-Qassam Brigades, Hamas’ military wing, said the “heroic” shooting operation was carried out by “the bravest of our people” in the West Bank.
He further urged Palestinians to rise up in defense of the al-Aqsa Mosque compound, confront the Israeli aggression against the West Bank, and support people in Gaza amid a genocidal war.
Israeli forces have launched a manhunt for the shooter and encircled Bruqin.
Israel launched an intensifed offensive against the occupied West Bank on January 21, claiming that it was targeting resistance fighters of the Jenin Battalion.
The regime has ramped up its West Bank violence since October 7, 2023, when it launched its genocide in Gaza. Since then, Israeli forces and settlers have killed over 960 Palestinians in the occupied territory.
